--- title: Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies». What's true? — Homework first? · tree and pragmatics description: Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies». What's true? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/419-homework-first/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Homework first?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/419-homework-first/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Homework first? Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** dad This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/419-homework-first/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t8:1 # text = Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies». 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 conj _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | Mate *not said here* | | your dad | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mate | | | | | for babies | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t8:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} You learn nothing at all if you ask someone else ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t8:o1:1 # text = You learn nothing at all if you ask someone else 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ _ 10 else else ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | You | nothing | | all | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | someone | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dads always get homework wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t8:o2:1 # text = Dads always get homework wrong 1 Dads dad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Dads | homework | | | | always, wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer homework=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Only babies ever ask for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t8:o3:1 # text = Only babies ever ask for help 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | babies | | | | ever | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Asking for help is clever and saves time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:t8:o4:1 # text = Asking for help is clever and saves time 1 Asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Asking | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **save** | present | Asking *not said here* | | | | time | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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